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Old 06-19-08, 12:35 AM   #17 (permalink)
jblack
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318 lb
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166 lb
Current Weight:
170 lb
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-152 lb
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07/06/2008
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Re: vertical sleeve surgery

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Originally Posted by MikeB View Post
What's your point, I don't understand. As a group we're saying that surgery shouldn't be an option for you until you've spent at least 2 years counting calories, eating right and exercising, by then you'll have lost so much weight surgery will be pointless.
You could take the "easy" way out and get surgery and have the pain, possible infection, possible death and never learn to eat right and exercise and then you can have the wonderful experience of gaining it all right back with the lifelong bad habits you have acquired.

Just a thought...
OK, WTF? Surgery is NOT easy by any stretch of the imagination. Surgery is merely a tool in combating obesity, it doesn't work without the right mindset. And don't think you are fooling anyone by saying the mindset alone works, either.
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